Fence



(No Model.)

H. RONG.

FENCE.

` No. 359,520. Patented Mar. 5,1887.

vNrrn raras HENRY RONG, vOF PLEASANT HILL, OHIO.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,520, dated March15, 188'?.

Application filed August '3, 1886. VSerial No. 209,839. (No model.) I

To @ZZ whom it may con/007172,:

Be it known that I, HENRY RONG, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Pleasant Hill, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I -dohereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to .whichit apperiains to make and use the same, reference Abeing had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure l vis a perspective View of my improved fence from oneside, and Fig. 2 is a similar view from the other side.

Referring to, the drawings, in which the same letters of referenceindicate' corresponding parts in both of the figures, A'represents afoot-piece or groundsill, C, by means of an ordinary bolt, D. Each endof these groundsills O is supported on a stone or othersupporting-piece, E, to keep it off the ground,

and one end is beveled at its sides, upon which beveled parts theinclined braces F F are secured. These bevels on the sides of thefootpieces or sills cause the braces to come together at their tops,where they are secured between the tops ofthe end pieces, A, by means ofthe bolts G, and as the braces are about lhalf the thickness of thegroundsills, the two of them keep the tops of the end pieces as farapart as the sills keep them at the bottom, thus causing the topofthefence to be in a line.

At each endv of every alternate panel adjoining the foot-pieces, andpreferably upon the side opposite the braces F, is a post or stake, H,driven rmlyinto theV ground. VThe tops of these stakes are a littleabove the bottom rail, and a wire loop, I, is passed over the top ofeach of these posts and passed around one of the end pieces.

To make a more secure fastening, the wire is crossed between the endpiece and the stake, forming a figure S loop. Instead of driving thesestakes at each end of the alternate panels, one stake can be driven atthe same end of each panel, as it is only necessary to secure one end ofthe two adjoining panels, the two being secured together by means ofthebolt D, but I prefer driving the two stakes at each end of eachalternate panel, as all lengthwise movement ofthe fence is prevented byhaving the stakes on opposite sides ofthe sills.

To remove the fence, the bolts D and G are taken out, the loops Iremoved, and the stakes H withdrawn, when each panel can be loadedent-ire and taken where itis wanted, wherethe fence is easily erected bysecuring` the panels together and to the stakes, which are driven wherewanted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim*n The combination, ina.fence, of a series of panels, foot-pieces secured at their middleportions between the lower ends of the end pieces of the adjoiningpanels, the sides of one end of each foot-piece being beveled, aninclined brace secured upon each beveled portion and secured togetherand between the tops of said end pieces, a stake driven into the vgroundat the side of each foot-piece, and. a wire loop connecting said panelsto said stakes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoafiixed mysignature iin presence of two witnesses.

HENRY RON G.

Witnesses:

M. C. REIBER, ELLA J. REIBER.

